Prof. dr. Wang, C.C.L.

Charlie Wang is Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His main research interests are Computational Design, Advanced Manufacturing, Geometric Computing and Robotics. 

Academic Background

He is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 2013 and has received a few awards from professional societies including the prestigious ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award (2016).

Education

  • 1998-2002
    PhD and MPhil in Mechanical Engineering,
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • 1994-1998
    BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Experience

    • 2018 – Present
      Professor of Advanced Manufacturing
      Department of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
    • 2020 – Present
      Professor and Chair of Smart Manufacturing 
      Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
    • 2018 – 2020
      Director
      Institute of Intelligent Design and Manufacturing
      Professor
      Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong 
    • 2016 – 2018
      Professor and Chair of Advanced Manufacturing
      Department of Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology
    • 2015 – 2016
      Professor
      Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • 01/2011 – 08/2011
      Visiting Professor (on sabbatical leave of CUHK)
      Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
    • 2009 – 2015
      Associate Professor
      Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • 2003 – 2009
      Assistance Professor
      Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Awards/distinctions

    • 2016
      Excellence in Research Award
      Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division 
      American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 
    • 2016
      Best Paper Award (with Yuen-Shan Leung, Xiaoning Wang, Ying He and Yong-Jin Liu)
      Journal of Computational Visual Media, Springer
    • 2013
      Fellow of ASME
      American Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • 2013
      NAMRI/SME Outstanding Paper Award (with Xuejin Zhao, Yayue Pan, Chi Zhou and Yong Chen)
      SME 41st North American Manufacturing Research Conference
    • 2011
      Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award (with Pu Huang and Yong Chen)
      ASME 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
    • 2009
      ASME CIE Young Engineer Award
      Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division 
      American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
    • 2009
      VX Corporation Best Idea Award (2nd Place)
      International CAD Conference and Exhibition
    • 2008
      Best Paper Award (with Yong Chen)
      ASME 28th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
    • 2008
      CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award
      The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • 2001
      Best Paper Award in Computational Methods (with Matthew M.F. Yuen)
      ASME 21st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference

    Geometric Modeling and Reasoning of Human-Centered Freeform Products

    Charlie C.L. Wang
    ISBN: 978-1447143604

    Published in 2013